China says boy picked Panchen Lama by Dalai Lama now a college graduate

China said Tuesday that a boy who disappeared 25 years ago after being picked by the Dalai Lama as Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure, is now a college graduate with a stable job.

Very little information has been given about Gedhun Choekyi Nyima or his family since he went missing at age 6 shortly after being named the 11th Panchen Lama.